Had you invested in world-renowned Stradivarius violins in 2010, the average annual price appreciation between 2010 and 2022 was 9.7%. Other violin brands, such as Joannes Pressenda and Lorenzo Storioni violins, have had 10.7% and 13.4% annualized returns in the same time period, respectively.
Compare that to the inflation-adjusted yearly return of 9.76% by the S&P 500 index, including all dividends reinvested in the same period, and sit down with the terrible realization that investing in a music instrument could have been your answer to beating the market.
Putting that initial reaction aside, if the ultimate goal of investing is to grow our wealth, even if we don't want to invest in violins, we should discuss three critical investment lessons we can learn from Stradivarius violins.
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